Software engineer, SaaS
About The Position
We are looking for a full-stack software engineer who specializes in SaaS. You are expected to have strong experience building/maintaining all of the following: Billing & monetization: subscription, entitlements (ideal: usage based) Identity: OAuth, RBAC, API keys, org/workspace/user model (ideal: SSO/SAML, 2FA, OIDC) Product: Product Analytics, Feature flags, A/B testing Common SaaS features: (as many as possible of notifications, i18n, accessibility, text editors, table grouping/sorting/filtering etc) Developer platform: webhooks, API docs, OpenAPI Additionally, all engineers at Hercules are expected to be incredibly strong in system design and architecture across infrastructure, data modeling, API design, and monorepos be able to truly 10x their workflow with AI coding tools while also maintaining high code quality have a good product sense with a clear background shipping to customers and iterating have a strong experience in Typescript, React, Git, containers, Postgres, and Redis talk with users, come up with new ideas autonomously, and ship! What are examples of projects you’d lead? You could build SDK features that users can seamlessly integrate into their apps like Hercules Commerce (our product catalog and payment processing solution), Hercules CMS, Hercules Files & Media, etc novel AI agent features like multi-agent editing, subagents, browser automation, collaboration features like multiplayer, comments/annotations marketplace infrastructure to allow customers to sell app templates internal rules, styles guides, and other prompts for coding assistants like Claude Code and Cursor What’s Hercules’ stack? Languages: React, Typescript, AI SDK, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC (CDK, Terraform), Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM Clouds: Cloudflare, AWS AI Models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google What are Hercules’ operating principles? H Hercules’ operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of them are specifically choices that we as a company unique prioritize and so can be learned on the job. However, we do specifically filter for these principles our hiring process: We move with urgency. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds our learning and delights our customers. We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work. We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done. We are politely relentless. Is Hercules in-office or remote? H Hercules founding team works in-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones who would be willing/able to travel to the office regularly. What are Hercules’ benefits? Healthcare, vision, and dental User whatever AI productivty tools you’d like Take what you need vacation policy Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here What’s the compensation? $130k-$250k + equity (depends on seniority, equity, and location)
Requirements
- strong experience building/maintaining all of the following: Billing & monetization: subscription, entitlements (ideal: usage based)
- Identity: OAuth, RBAC, API keys, org/workspace/user model (ideal: SSO/SAML, 2FA, OIDC)
- Product: Product Analytics, Feature flags, A/B testing
- Common SaaS features: (as many as possible of notifications, i18n, accessibility, text editors, table grouping/sorting/filtering etc)
- Developer platform: webhooks, API docs, OpenAPI
- be incredibly strong in system design and architecture across infrastructure, data modeling, API design, and monorepos
- be able to truly 10x their workflow with AI coding tools while also maintaining high code quality
- have a good product sense with a clear background shipping to customers and iterating
- have a strong experience in Typescript, React, Git, containers, Postgres, and Redis
- talk with users, come up with new ideas autonomously, and ship!
Benefits
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- User whatever AI productivty tools you’d like
- Take what you need vacation policy
- Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office
- We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
